Dubai Sheik builds a media oasis.(FEATURED PLAYER)(Sheik Hamdan Al-Maktoum)

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He's a poet, an occasional TV star, a graduate of one of the U.K.'s most prestigious military academies and an undisputed member of Dubai's super-elite.

But Sheik Hamdan Al-Maktoum's most important job at present is to continue growing the emirate's showbiz infrastructure and nurturing the dynamic new generation of aspiring Emirati media mavens.

Sheik Hamdan, the 26-year-old son of Dubai ruler Sheik Mo hammed, has won himself many admirers in the Middle East and beyond as he completes his first year as chairman of Dubai's executive council, essentially the local government responsible for day-to-day running of the emirate. The …